Irish Surfing provides various sporting activities and opportunities for young people through participation in clubs, events and through our national teams.
Irish Surfing is committed to safeguarding children and by working under the guidance of our Irish Surfing Safeguarding Policies our staff, both volunteers and employed, working with our young people, throughout the organisation, seek to create a safe environment for young people to grow and develop.
Irish Surfing’s written Risk Assessment document indicates the areas of potential risk of harm, the likelihood of the risk occurring, and gives the required policy, guidance or process documents require to alleviate these risks. The list of risks identified are contained in the following categories: Club and Coaching Practices; Complaints & Discipline; Reporting Procedures; Use of Facilities; Recruitment; Communications; and General Risk of Harm.
The Risk Assessment was undertaken on 30 March 2018
Our Child Safeguarding Statement has been developed in line with requirements under the Children First Act 2015, (Children First: National Guidance for the Protection and Welfare of Children and Tusla’s Child Safeguarding: A Guide for Policy, Procedure and Practice and The Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 and subsequent guidance. In addition to our Risk Assessment document described above, there are further procedures that support our intention to safeguard children while they are availing of our activities.
Irish Surfing has the following procedures in place as part of our Safeguarding Policies:
The Mandated/ Relevant Person for Irish Surfing is Zoe Lally.
We recognise that implementation is an ongoing process. Irish Surfing is committed to the implementation of this Child Safeguarding Statement and the procedures that support our intention to keep children safe from harm while availing of our activities.
This Child Safeguarding Statement will be reviewed on 30 March 2020
Children First: National Guidance for the Protection and Welfare of Children
Child Safeguarding: A Guide for Policy, Procedure and Practice
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